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"(b) The Chief of the Bureau of Drug Abuse Con

2 trol, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, shall 3 take such action as may be necessary to establish and imple4 ment substantially the same education and training, treatment and rehabilitation, and enforcement programs, services, 6 and functions with respect to drug abuse control as are set 7 forth in section 3081 (b) of this title."

8 (b) The analysis of such chapter 513 is amended by 9 inserting immediately after

"5142. Bureau of Naval Personnel: Chief of Chaplains."

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"5143. Bureau of Drug Control: Chief; functions."

AIR FORCE DRUG ABUSE CONTROL

SEC. 8. Section 8067 of title 10, United States Code, 13 is amended by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 14 (j), and by inserting immediately before subsection (j) 15 (as so redesignated) the following new subsection:

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"(i) Drug abuse control functions in the Air Force 17 shall be performed by commissioned officers of the Air Force 18 who are qualified under regulations prescribed by the Secre19 tary, and who are designated as drug abuse control officers." SEC. 9. (a) Chapter 807 of title 10, United States Code,

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"(a) There is a Chief of Drug Abuse Control (Air 4 Force) in the Air Force who is appointed by the President, 5 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from 6 officers of the Air Force. The term of office is four years, 7 but may be sooner terminated or extended by the Presi8 dent. An appointee who holds a lower regular grade shall 9 be appointed in the regular grade of major general.

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"(b) The Chief of Drug Abuse Control (Air Force) 11 shall take such action as may be necessary to establish and 12 implement substantially the same education and training, 13 treatment and rehabilitation, and enforcement programs, 14 services, and functions with respect to drug abuse control 15 as are set forth in section 3081 (b) of this title."

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"1072. Judge Advocate General: appointment, duties."

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SEC. 10. Section 934 of title 10, United States Code

(article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is 1 amended by inserting "(a)" immediately before "Though",

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1 "(b) No person shall be tried under this article for any 2 offense involving the possession or use of any narcotic drug 3 if, before a court-martial is convened to try the person for 4 the offense, he voluntarily agrees to undergo a treatment 5 and rehabilitation program offered by the drug abuse control 6 organization of the armed force concerned."

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SEC. 11. Section 1168 of title 10, United States Code, 8 is amended by adding at the end thercof the following new 9 subsection:

10 "(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 11 member of an armed force who is adjudged by competent 12 medical authority during his active duty to be addicted to 13 a narcotic drug may be separated from service until such 14 time as he is adjudged by competent medical authority to 15 be free of any habitual dependence on narcotic drugs."

Mr. HALPERN. The thrust of the legislation is to make the identification, treatment and rehabilitation of GI addicts a mandatory obligation of the armed forces.

A key feature of the bill would provide that servicemen be required to take tests, urinalysis or other scientifically developed means, to identify addiction and that such tests begin at least 6 months prior to discharge. Inasmuch as abstinence from drugs for 48 hours would preclude detection, the bill further requires repeated testing processes at unannounced times. Then once ascertained as a user, the serviceman would be required to go through the rehabilitation program.

The period of time the GI's cure takes-this is a key feature of the bill-would not be included within his military commitment and This length of service would be deferred until the obligation of active duty is fulfilled through a comparable extension beyond his original discharge date. This provision, I feel, would overcome the legal question of extended military service beyond the obligated period. Further, the requirement to defer discharges would serve as an effective deterrent to the taking of drugs. Too many GI's have taken the drug route as a means of being discharged from the service before their time is up and this bill, I believe, would prevent that.

Another feature of the bill would provide massive Federal assistance for nonprofit agencies or institutions in the private sector to bring their facilities into the military's treatment and rehabilitation program in order to relieve the heavy load of GI addicts placed upon the Department of Defense. In addition, discharged addicts could be assisted by such federally aided, qualified voluntary institutions to supplement VA and Public Health facilities.

There are many highly commendable agencies and institutions with the experience, expertise and capability to treat these men, but hey would obviously need considerable assistance in order to carry ut the proposed expanded responsibilities.

The bill would create an Armed Forces Narcotics Control Force the Defense Department and a Narcotics Control Force in each anch of the armed services to combat drug abuse problems through ree operational branches-education, rehabilitation, prevention d enforcement.

The proposal would also provide postdischarge programs this is portant-for those ex-GI's who became addicted prior to the proed new policy and for those servicemen who may later go back he use of drugs. These facilities will be provided through treatt and rehabilitation centers which would be established through ly expanded VA programs, public health programs, as well as ugh federally aided agencies and institutions.

der the bill, no serviceman committed to the care of the reitation force shall be tried for offenses regarding possession or f drugs prior to receiving treatment. Veterans certified by the 1 forces as having received treatment for drug addiction while tive duty will be eligible to receive hospitalization after their tion from active duty or discharge.

Chairman, I have many other recommendations, but for the tions of time I respectfully submit them to the committee for sideration.

I appreciate the privilege of appearing before you this morning and thank the distinguished Senators on this committee for the kind attention given to me.

(The prepared statement of Congressman Halpern follows:)

PREPARED STATEMENT OF CONGRESSMAN SEYMOUR HALPERN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK

Six weeks after I left Vietnam after an on-the-scene study of the narcoties problem there, convinced that we have a crisis of horrendous proportions and that we are not, at this stage, prepared to meet it.

I visited Vietnam from April 11 through April 15 as part of an 11-country fact-finding mission for a special report to the Foreign Affairs Committee of which I serve and directed particularly to the Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee, the Near East Subcommittee, and the International Organizations Subcommittee; each of which relates to the international aspects involving this problem.

Your committee is also hearing today from two other members of the Foreign Affairs Committee who conducted a similar mission and whose revelations have helped invaluably to focus attention on this problem. I refer to my colleagues, the capable and distinguished Congressman Robert Steele of Connecticut and Morgan Murphy of luinois.

My own mission was inspired by many years of continuing concern during which I participated on every level in my activities as a public official and private citizen. My concern has been long and deep-rooted. It goes back 18 years when, as a New York State Senator, I sponsored, and became Chairman of, the State's investigation of drug abuse, particularly as it related to our young people. Even then we tried to awaken officialdom and society to the severity of the problem. But most of the pleas fell on deaf ears Everyone seemed to blind themselves to the stark reality of the developing crisis. It was considered a ghetto problem-one that did not affect the average parent's own kids or his own neighborhoods. But, tragically, time has shown that it does affect their kids. It's affected all levels of society. It's be come a scourge that has reached epidemic proportions. And the related crime and devastation it has brought has hit every community in this nation.

For eight years 1 served as Chairman of the Board of the first and only facility of its kind in the world-solely for the treatment and rehabilitation of teenage addicts. In that capacity 1 observed over 4,000 youngsters going through this institution and got to know most of them on a first name basis I learned much of their backgrounds, motivations and agonies.

I have also been serving on the Board, and have been active in the work of one of the largest non-profit institutions in the nation dealing with rehabilitation.

Having been recently appointed to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House, I saw a broadened opportunity to work in the field of narcotics traffic. I have been in frequent consultation with the international agencies dealing with this subject and with representatives of several national governments involved with the problem of drug traffic. Last February I was privileged to attend the UN Conterence on Psychotropic Drugs, to which the distinguished Chairman of this subcommittee Senator Hughes, contributed so much as the Congressional advisor to the U.S. delegation.

I cite this background, Mr. Chairman, to indicate the basis of a degree of knowledge and experience in a field which to date, has been so difficult to conquer. It is an intense concern, and that is why I welcome this opportunity of appearing before this distinguished Committee which is doing so much to find the answers.

A few months ago, I went to Fort Bragg and reviewed the program in effect there. On this mission I was accompanied by a few former addicts from the center I mentioned earlier who have been working most effectively in the rehabilitation field. I was able to benefit from their assessment of the program based on first-hand experience. I was most impressed by General Tolson's efforts in this field. Commendable as this program is, it is handicapped by the limitations of outmoded laws, regulations and discharge pro cedures. The travesty of such a program is that, under present procedures,

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